Jenny Ashford is a horror, true crime, and paranormal writer, graphic designer, and podcaster. Her most recent books are a three-volume true crime compilation collectively known as The Faceless Villain: A Collection of the Eeriest Unsolved Murders of the Twentieth Century. Volume One was published in 2017, Volume Two in 2018, and Volume Three in 2019. Her other books include four paranormal nonfiction books: The Unseen Hand: A New Exploration of Poltergeist Phenomena, The Mammoth Mountain Poltergeist (with Tom Ross), House of Fire and Whispers: Investigating the Seattle Demon House, and The Rochdale Poltergeist (both with Steve Mera); as well as three horror novels, Red Menace, Bellwether, and The Five Poisons; two short story collections, Hopeful Monsters and The Associated Villainies; and a graphic novel, The Tenebrist. A second edition of The Associated Villainies was published in 2019, featuring four new stories, an enhanced print layout, and an audio book version. A second edition of The Five Poisons was published in 2020. Her short stories have appeared in several anthologies, including The Nightmare Collective, History Is Dead, 2012AD, ChimeraWorld #3, and ChimeraWorld #4. Her horror blog, Goddess of Hellfire, contains writing news, short stories and articles, and her reviews and opinions on horror films and books. She also co-hosts a podcast with Tom Ross called 13 O'Clock, on which they discuss true crime, unexplained mysteries, paranormal weirdness, horror movies and books, food, and other fun, creepy topics. They recently collaborated on a 13 O'Clock cookbook. Jenny's graphic design work can be seen on everything from books and business cards to posters and packaging. She runs an online store called Gravecake selling products with her designs, and also has a board-and-card game concern called Giallo Games, which produces games based around the beloved Italian horror/crime genre, among many other themes.
Forty-nine-year-old Chamlong Allen was an unusually tall woman, standing six-foot-five, and though originally from Thailand was living in West London. Her husband, a somewhat famous actor from Bond films named Irvin Allen, had started a food stall twenty years prior, and Chamlong had started to cook for it as well after they married. Eventually, when … More Chamlong Allen
Seventeen-year-old Lauren Eley lived in Northampton with her family. At a little before two o’clock on the afternoon of December 11th, 2004, she went to Grosvenor Shopping Centre, reportedly to meet a boyfriend that her parents didn’t know about. Only a few minutes later, two teenagers in the car park saw a cell phone lying … More Lauren Eley
Twenty-one-year-old delivery driver and father of one Greg Watson was attending the Notting Hill Carnival in North Kensington, London, England on August 28th, 2000. At around ten p.m., he began heading back toward his home in Northolt, but was soon approached by a group of people, one of whom stabbed him in the side with … More Greg Watson
Twenty-seven-year-old Marina Monte lived in London with her boyfriend. Both were heroin addicts, and Marina supported her habit through prostitution. At around ten-thirty p.m. on January 24th, 1987, she was spotted trawling the Bayswater, Queensway, and Paddington areas for business. These sightings, however, were the last of her alive. Shortly after seven a.m. the following … More Marina Monte
Thirty-year-old David Seymour lived in Checkendon, South Oxfordshire, England with his fiancée. On the night of October 25th, 1997, he had gone out drinking with friends, and by the time the early hours of the 26th had rolled around, the group had installed themselves at Oscar’s, a wine bar in a shopping center called The … More David Seymour
Twenty-three-year-old Gail Whitehouse was a mother of two who made her living as a sex worker in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. An outgoing, fun-loving young woman, Gail was popular with clients and locals, as well as with the other women who worked in the area. It seems, though, that on September 3rd, 1990, she ran … More Gail Whitehouse
Forty-nine-year-old Jill Williams lived in a flat on Ribblesdale Road in Tooting, South West London. She was known to have a love of gold jewelry and often wore a great deal of it, though whether this ultimately contributed to her fate is not known for certain. On June 22nd, 1996, Jill was found dead in … More Jill Williams
Thirty-one-year-old Shona Stevens lived in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland with her mother and seven-year-old sister. On November 10th, 1994, she went out to the Bourtreehill Shopping Centre, and began walking toward home at a little past one in the afternoon. Sadly, she never made it there. While Shona traveled along a path between Towerlands Farm … More Shona Stevens
Seventy-four-year-old George Dean was a retired welder who had served in the Engineering Corp of the British Army. He lived in a house on Honiton Road in Kilburn, London with his younger brother, and had for two decades. Shortly after four p.m. on July 31st, 1997, George was at the local laundromat, doing his weekly … More George Dean
Twenty-eight-year-old Laverne Forbes and her partner, thirty-three-year-old Patrick Smith, lived with their seven-year-old daughter in a flat on Kessock Close in Tottenham, North London. At around nine o’clock on the morning of May 25th, 1999, the family was having breakfast. Laverne went outside to put some garbage on the curb when she was confronted by … More Laverne Forbes and Patrick Smith
